Naissance d'une nation
The Birth of a Nation
Pendant la guerre de Sécession aux États-Unis, deux familles sont mises à l'épreuve : les Stoneman, favorables au Nord, et les Cameron, des sudistes. Le retour de la paix ne calme pas les esprits. Lincoln est assassiné. Les troubles naissent des politiciens véreux et des Noirs livrés à eux-mêmes. Par réaction se crée le Ku Klux Klan justicier et vengeur.
- Budget
- $100,000
- Recettes
- $11,000,000
- Statut
- Released
Lillian Gish
— Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh
— Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
— Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
— Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden
— Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis
— Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann
— Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter Long
— Gus
Robert Harron
— Tod
Wallace Reid
— Jeff, the Blacksmith
Joseph Henabery
— Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton
— Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Josephine Crowell
— Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
— Dr. Cameron
George Beranger
— Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
— Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee
— Mammy
Donald Crisp
— Gen. U.S. Grant
Howard Gaye
— Gen. Robert E. Lee
Sam De Grasse
— Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
William De Vaull
— Nelse (uncredited)
Willam Freeman
— Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
— Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Fred Burns
— Klansman (uncredited)
Allan Sears
— Klansman (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
— Blacksmith (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
— Black Woman (uncredited)
Raoul Walsh
— John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Monte Blue
— (uncredited)
Harry Braham
— Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)